El voluntario : la verdadera historia del heroe de la resistencia que se infiltro en Auschwitz
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Barcelona : Roca Editorial, 2020.
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Book
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Primera edicion.
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524 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Regency Park Branch Library - BOOK - Adult
SPA 940.53 FAIRWEATHER
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Published
Barcelona : Roca Editorial, 2020.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Spanish

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-508) and index.
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Esta es la increible historia real de la infiltracion de un heroe de la resistencia polaca que entro en Auschwitz voluntariamente para sabotear el campo desde dentro, y su intento de desafiar a la muerte para advertir a los aliados sobre los planes de los nazis de llevar a cabo la Solucion final antes de que fuera demasiado tarde. Para descubrir el destino de los miles de enterrados en un misterioso campamento nazi en la frontera del Reich, un luchador de la resistencia polaco de treinta y nueve anos llamado Witold Pilecki se ofrecio como voluntario para una mision audaz: asumir una identidad falsa, ser capturado intencionalmente y enviado al nuevo campamento, y luego informar secretamente sobre lo que le habia sucedido a sus compatriotas alli. Pero recopilar informacion no era su unica tarea: debia ejecutar un ataque desde adentro, alli donde los alemanes menos lo esperarian. El nombre del campo era Auschwitz. Durante los siguientes dos anos y medio, Pilecki forjo un ejrcito clandestino dentro de Auschwitz que saboteo instalaciones, asesino a informantes y oficiales nazis, y reunio pruebas de abusos terrorificos y asesinatos en masa. Pero mientras reconstruia la horrible verdad de que el campamento se convertiria en el epicentro de los planes nazis para exterminar a los judios de Europa, Pilecki se dio cuenta de que tendria que poner en riesgo a sus hombres, su vida y su familia para advertir a Occidente antes de que todo se perdiera. Hacerlo significaba intentar lo imposible: escapar de Auschwitz. Completamente eliminado de cualquier registro historico por parte del gobierno comunista de posguerra de Polonia, Pilecki sigue siendo casi desconocido para el mundo. Ahora, con acceso exclusivo a diarios previamente ocultos, cuentas de familiares y sobrevivientes de campamentos, y archivos recientemente desclasificados, Jack Fairweather ofrece un documento inquebrantable de supervivencia, venganza y traicion en la hora mas oscura de la humanidad. Y al descubrir el tragico resultado de la mision de Pilecki, revela, asimismo, que su derrota final no se origino en Auschwitz o Berlin, sino en Londres y Washington.
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To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, intentionally get captured and sent to the new camp, and then report back to the underground on what had happened to his compatriots there. But gathering information was not his only task: he was to execute an attack from inside--where the Germans would least expect it. The name of the camp was Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi informants and officers, and amassed evidence of shocking abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying truth that the camp was to become the epicenter of Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible--an escape from Auschwitz itself. Completely erased from the historical record by Poland's postwar Communist government, Pilecki remains almost unknown to the world. Now, with exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, Jack Fairweather offers an unflinching portrayal of survival, revenge, and betrayal in mankind's darkest hour. And in uncovering the tragic outcome of Pilecki's mission, he reveals that its ultimate defeat originated not in Auschwitz or Berlin, but in London and Washington.
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Text in Spanish, translated from the English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fairweather, J., Enguix Tercero, M., & Fairweather, J. (2020). El voluntario: la verdadera historia del heroe de la resistencia que se infiltro en Auschwitz (Primera edicion.). Roca Editorial.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fairweather, Jack, Maria, Enguix Tercero and Jack. Fairweather. 2020. El Voluntario: La Verdadera Historia Del Heroe De La Resistencia Que Se Infiltro En Auschwitz. Roca Editorial.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fairweather, Jack, Maria, Enguix Tercero and Jack. Fairweather. El Voluntario: La Verdadera Historia Del Heroe De La Resistencia Que Se Infiltro En Auschwitz Roca Editorial, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Fairweather, Jack,, Maria Enguix Tercero, and Jack Fairweather. El Voluntario: La Verdadera Historia Del Heroe De La Resistencia Que Se Infiltro En Auschwitz Primera edicion., Roca Editorial, 2020.

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